These Japanese Homes Make the Most of Cherry Blossom Time
It’s ‘sakura’ season! See homes that revel in cherry blossoms, and get tips for bringing the lovely blooms inside
Sakura (cherry blossom) trees have started blooming, and these homeowners have front-row seats. Check out these Japanese homes’ flowery views and then learn a few tricks to bring the spirit of sakura season indoors.
Sakura-Viewing House,Gunma
Designer: Masaki Tokui Architect Institute
Designer: Masaki Tokui Architect Institute
Light-Filled House, Tokyo
Designer: Earnest Architects
Designer: Earnest Architects
Tosa Timber House, Kanagawa
Designer: Atelier Rokuyosha
Designer: Atelier Rokuyosha
Ripple House, Ibaraki
Designer: Kichi Architectural Design
Designer: Kichi Architectural Design
Living With a Weeping Cherry, Tokyo
Designer: ArchiPlace Architectural Design Studio
Learn more about varieties of flowering cherries
Designer: ArchiPlace Architectural Design Studio
Learn more about varieties of flowering cherries
To accentuate the spring theme even more, try bringing other touches of sakura colors into the room.
For example, decorate your table with a cherry blossom theme: Select a sakura-patterned tablecloth, or serve each course on white plates alongside some pink water glasses and flutes of sparkling rosé.
Browse pink glassware
Browse pink glassware
A glass-tile mosaic captures the beauty of flowering sakura branches.
Learn more about this stunning mosaic
Learn more about this stunning mosaic
Sakura-flavored treats — like sakura mochi (glutinous rice cakes with a paste filling), sakura sweets and sakura rice — offer another way to enjoy the season. Salt-pickled buds are a special spring treat in Japan.
For indoor flower viewing, a lunch consisting of rice (topped with specially prepared sakura blossoms, bamboo shoots and separately cooked vegetables), wild vegetable tempura and other seasonal dishes sets the right mood.
Indoors or out, nothing says spring like lovely cherry blossoms. Take some time to enjoy them before they’re gone.
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The mood at this time of year is captured perfectly by Meiji-era (late 19th- to early 20th-century) poet Akiko Yosano, who wrote:
“Crossing Gion
on the way to Kiyomizu
on this cherry blossom moonlit night,
the people I meet this evening —
every one of them is so beautiful.”
Whatever the era, the magic of cherry blossom season remains — and these homes are the perfect vantage point from which to enjoy every minute.
Take our virtual cherry blossom tour and then get ideas for using these precious flowers in your home.